The Weekend Dish: 8/18/2012

Happy weekend! I hope that you all had a great week and are enjoying the waning weeks of summer before you switch to cool weather mode, whether that means back-to-school, football, or whatever the fall season brings your way. This week I enjoyed a little two-day getaway, a successful blueberry jam canning session, a garden yielding crazy amounts of tomatoes, and a charcoal-grilled soft pretzel with a Corona on a warm summer evening. All in all, a great week. How has your week been? Are you switching gears and getting ready for fall yet?

As always, you’ll find a recap of what was posted to the site this week as well as some bookmarked recipes from other blogs. Enjoy!

What I Bookmarked This Week

Recipes and posts from other blogs that I thought looked especially delicious and that I thought you would like too:

Caramel Apple Cake(The Great Cake Company) Oh my goodness. As soon as I saw this cake I remembered the amazing caramel apples that my Chief Culinary Consultant got during a trip to Toronto a couple of years ago. I must make this cake before winter hits!

Homemade Ricotta Cheese(Portuguese Girl Cooks) This ricotta looks like a dream! After my failed attempt at mozzarella this week, I am definitely envious! I had made a mental note a couple of weeks ago that once I mastered mozzarella, ricotta would be next on my list. I’m definitely encouraged my Jessica’s success!

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You should definitely try ricotta. It is way easier than mozzarella. It might give you the cheese making confidence boost you need to attach the mozzarella project again. Plus it is delicious. I like to use local milk and out it in lasagna or a ricotta tart. Good luck!

Good idea, after I had tried the mozzarella and was reading online for some ideas of what went wrong, I saw a lot of places indicate that mozzarella isn’t really a “beginner” type of cheese. Who knew?! I’m still going to try again, just might squeeze the ricotta in beforehand 🙂

I’m ignoring the cooler temperatures as much as possible, though I have to admit I’m enjoying being a bit chilly this morning for the first time in forever, hoping October and November will bring a heat wave of 80s. A girl can dream, can’t she?

Zucchini is running rampant in the gardens this time of year – great way to use some of the harvest with the beer battered recipe. Hope the road trip was fun! I thought I was the only one that took photos out of car windows. haha! That’s fantastic! My family always looks at me like I’m a little crazy when I do that. haha! Have a great week. ~Kate

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